sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): It was a Sunday full of drama during Week 3 of the NFL season. We had the longest field goal ever kicked, a game-winning 66-yarder by Baltimore’s Justin Tucker. (Sorry, Detroit.) And we saw a play that tied the record for overall longest on a missed Arizona kick returned for […]
Is there a Super Bowl Loser’s Curse? That question will confront the Kansas City Chiefs throughout the 2021 season after their defeat last February at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Kansas City is currently 1-1, with a close win over the Cleveland Browns and a close loss against the Baltimore Ravens — both […]
Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Haason Reddick isn’t easily fooled. Both his sacks of New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston in Week 2 came on play-action fakes that he completely ignored. So when Reddick was asked after the game if he was surprised at the Panthers’ 2-0 start, he kept it one hundred: “I wouldn’t lie,” […]
Four years ago, the poorest owner in the NFL committed over $1.1 billion he didn’t have toward building a $1.9 billion stadium in Las Vegas, at a time when NFL policies forbid team owners, staffers and players from even appearing to have connections to gambling. Three years ago, he lured the franchise’s famous former head […]
First we look at Week 2 in the NFL, paying particular attention to how the Baltimore Ravens finally overcame their own demons and also the Kansas City Chiefs. Coach John Harbaugh’s call to go for one more yard on fourth down with just over a minute to play may have shocked the broadcasters, but the […]